Ecosystem Roles
<p>Wild turkeys provide food for their predators and impact populations of the plants whose seeds and nuts they eat.</p> <p>Wild turkeys also host at least 60 different species of parasites. These include 9 <span class="taxon">Myxozoa</span>, 11 trematodes, 10 <span class="taxon">Cestoda</span>, 1 <span class="taxon">Acanthocephala</span>, 17 <span class="taxon">Nematoda</span> and 12 <span class="taxon">Arthropoda</span>.<span> (Eaton, 1992)</span></p>
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McCullough, J. and K. Kirschbaum. 2001. "Meleagris gallopavo" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed September 03, 2011 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Meleagris_gallopavo.html.
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